Immigration centre near Heathrow costing £100,000-a-bed every year defended by minister as 'great value' Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the cost of the new contract is ‘madness’ Evening Standard · Jan 13
Keir Starmer Humiliated: GB News Halts Broadcast For Breaking 2026 Migrant Alert Keir Starmer faces fresh migrant crisis as 41,427 crossed in 2025. Exclusive reporting on Channel crossings, Government response, and Opposition demands. International Business Times UK · Jan 6
Powers to seize mobile phones over Channel crossings come into force The new powers come after the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act became law in December. Evening Standard · Jan 4
Labour Blasted Over 'Utter Disgrace' Plan: Migrants To Reportedly Get New-Build Social Homes Labour's £100 million plan to build social homes for asylum seekers sparks outrage from Conservatives and Reform MPs, who argue British citizens are being sidelined. International Business Times UK · Jan 1
European court presses UK over revoking Shamima Begum’s citizenship The European Court of Human Rights has demanded answers in relation to state responsibilities for victims of trafficking. Evening Standard · Dec 31, 2025
Yvette Cooper orders Foreign Office to review ‘serious failures’ in Alaa Abd el-Fattah case The activist, recently released from years of Egyptian detention, had appeared to call for violence against Zionists and police in online comments The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2025
Cooper orders Foreign Office review of ‘serious failures’ in El-Fattah case The Foreign Secretary said successive prime ministers were not briefed on tweets dating back as far as 2010 and civil servants were also unaware. Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2025
Who is Alaa Abd El-Fattah? The British-Egyptian activist facing calls to be stripped of citizenship The freed Egyptian dissident is at the centre of a row over past social media posts Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2025
What did Alaa Abd el-Fattah say in past social media posts and why is there a backlash? British-Egyptian activist has apologised over tweets appearing to condone violence against Zionists and police The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2025
Conservatives cannot be trusted on citizenship – Reform UK A Reform UK spokesman said the Tories cannot be trusted amid the ongoing row over Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s citizenship. Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2025
Reform UK claims Conservatives ‘cannot be trusted’ amid row over activist’s citizenship A Reform UK spokesman hit out at the Conservatives following their decision to grant Alaa Abd El-Fattah UK citizenship back in 2021 The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2025
Tories repeat calls to strip activist of UK citizenship amid ‘insincere’ apology Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said that if he were in government, he would be ‘making sure’ Alaa Abd El-Fattah was deported. Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2025
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp Slams Home Office for Giving Migrants 'Red-Carpet Treatment' Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp slammed the Home Office for offering healthcare to deported migrants after a GP job post at a detention centre. International Business Times UK · Dec 27, 2025
Former children’s commissioner vows to ‘follow evidence’ in grooming gangs probe Baroness Anne Longfield will lead the inquiry over three years with a budget of £65 million, the Home Secretary announced on Tuesday. Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2025
The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2025 Tory shadow minister praises Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown – and says it could work in UK Shadow home secretary Chris Philp says the British public expects immigration laws to be properly enforced
The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2025 Grooming gangs inquiry ‘must consider ethnicity and religion’, Badenoch says Tory leader also wants time-limit for inquiry, as Labour criticised over delays and rows about investigation’s scope
Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2025 Grooming gangs inquiry must ‘leave no stone unturned’, Kemi Badenoch says Shadow home secretary Chris Philp meanwhile urged the Government to adopt inquiry rules which would examine the ethnicity of perpetrators.
Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2025 Eastern Europeans going home is driving exodus of UK citizens Poland and Romania recorded the highest increase in Britons arriving in the past four years, new data shows
Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025 Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025 Asylum claims at new record high but backlog down by more than a third A total of 110,051 people applied for asylum in the year to September 2025.
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2025 UK government poised to overhaul its asylum system as a political storm brews over migration The British government plans to tighten its asylum system, following Denmark's model, to reduce immigration and address the political storm over migrants crossing the English Channel
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2025 Home secretary condemns ‘mortifying’ Labour leadership row as Rayner allies forced to deny new plot Labour party ‘fighting like rats in a sack’ as turmoil at top of government overshadows Shabana Mahmood’s immigration crackdown
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2025 Sending licence fee money to Mar-a-Lago not ‘smart’, shadow minister suggests after Trump threatened to sue BBC Chris Philp said we should expect ‘higher standard’ from the broadcaster
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2025 Consent for asylum system ‘could fall apart if illegal migration not tackled’ Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is due to set out reforms to the asylum system on Monday.
Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2025 Home Secretary says consent for UK asylum system at risk unless illegal migration tackled Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is due to set out reforms to the asylum system on Monday.